Need help with an orphaned, injured or bird in
danger? Please email us at hotline@cwrescue.org
or send a text
704 684 9247

CONTACTING US
There is no phone at the rescue and all of our calls are
handled remotely. We are an all volunteer group
with no paid staff. We should however get back to
you within the hour if you have a bird who needs help.
If you do not receive a message back please email or
text again. We get hundreds of calls each day, its
easy for one to fall through the cracks. While you are
waiting
Please do not give birds food or
water, this can cause harm or kill a bird!

BIRD UPDATES
We do not have the staff to send out updates on birds
that have been dropped off. We realize that people
like to get updates but some days we get 40 to 60 birds
dropped off and have 600 birds to care for with very
little volunteer help. We would require a full
time staff person to provide all the updates we get
asked for and this directly takes time away from the
birds. We try to explain this when birds are
dropped off but we still get a large volume of requests
each day. When we get time we will post birds on
facebook and offer updates. We appreciate your
understanding tat the bird care is more important.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We are very short handed on volunteers. Please
consider spending a few hours a week to help birds in
need. We have jobs that can be done from home. We
are now in a position of growth we need to add paid
staff but lack the donations to cover the cost of
salary. If you would like to see us have more
manpower and can't volunteer please consider donating.

Due to problems in the past
we are only accepting volunteers aged 18 and over.
We also do not accept court ordered community service
volunteers.
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Carolina Waterfowl Rescue (CWR) is
non profit 501 (c)3
wildlife rescue organization located in Charlotte, NC. CWR
is run by federally-licensed migratory bird
rehabilitators specializing in waterfowl. We
take in over 1000 birds a year
covering close to 40 different wild bird
species. CWR is an all-volunteer group that donates their time, money and expertise to helping North Carolina’s birds in need.
They also accept domestic or exotic ducks for placement, do nuisance
referrals, and offer bird, duck and goose rescue assistance.